No matter if its red or yellow that wins the election we are in for turbulent times.

Red wins we have a coup, Yellow wins we have mass demonstrations. its a lose/lose scenario. until the people of Thailand comes together and unite for the better of Thailand this will be a never ending story.

Reds and Yellows??? Reds and Dems. The yellows are pushing for a no vote

Do you understand parliamentary democracy? It is acceptable for a party with the largest number of MPs to form a government; they may fail to carry through their legislative programme and perhaps fall as a result of a vote of no confidence but there is no requirement to form a coalition.

That may be true, but only AFTER any of the parties fail to form a majority coalition government. It's certainly NOT the first choice.

There is no compulsion to form a coalition which means the involvement of other parties in setting legislation. The opposition has the opportunity to vote against the govt's proposals but it is possible to tailor legislation in such a way that there is no fundamental disagreement and opposition would be costly in the electorate's eyes. It may be the norm in Thailand to seek coalition partners but that is NOT universal.

As this is not about k. Thaksin, shouldn't the article read

"Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, first on the party list for MP candidates of the PTP urged the army Wednesday to refrain from staging another coup as she gains momentum in her bid to become the country's first female premier."

maybe the journalist posts on this forum and has become brainwashed into turning all threads into threads about Thaksin, however tenuous the link is.

People need to get used to the idea that she will win, the dems were unfaily given a shot at power and they have fecked it up on a grand scale, now the army need to respect the election results and accept the will of the people, the whole country, not a select few. Hopefully when PTP get into power they can also prosecute certain individuals for the slaughter of unarmed people last year, then the country can really move forwards (the dems should be accepting her amnesty policy as that might be the only thing that saves some of them).

sadly though i think we all know what will happen, PTP will win, the courts will find fault, disband them while ignoring the dmes for doing the same things, the dems will get back in power on a parliamentary vote, the people will come back on the streets, the army will conduct another wholesale slaughter, other countries will ignore this while criticizing certain middle eastern/north african countries for the wholesale slaughter on the streets, and thailand will be no furtehr on than it was the day after the previous coup.

You are right. Thailand will not be moving further forward as long as the red shirt mob is allowed to continue its terrorist activities.

The army will surely honor the poll results ...IF they turn out how the army wishes. If not, the army will step in to protect the Thai people and force whatever government on them they believe is the best choice for them.